Exploring the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual, this volu
Preventative Justice looks at the use of coercive preventive measures by the state, both within and beyond criminal law. Examining preventive laws, measures, an
The United States today suffers from too much criminal law and too much punishment. Husak describes the phenomena in some detail and explores their relation, an
The argument of this book begins with the proposition that there are certain things we must understand about the criminal sanction before we can begin to talk s
Like medicine, law is replete with axioms of prevention. ‘Prevention is better than cure’ has a long pedigree in both fields. 17th century jurist Sir Edward
